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Alex Verdugo or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Alex Verdugo

Alex Verdugo

LFNew York Yankees NYY
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verdugo over Ward

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Verdugo

 
 
 
 
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Performance Alex Verdugo
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250115.4000.50006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250247.3750.475012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.320385.3460.68006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3334149.3580.588112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alex Verdugo
OWN
36%
+5.71 compared to last week
START
24%
+7.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
87%
+27 compared to last week
START
79%
+32.26 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alex Verdugo
67th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
45th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Alex Verdugo

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 68th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 29th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Spencer Steer
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 465th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.236
  • Ranked 371st in batting average with 0.221
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 396th with 0.281
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 319th with 0.367
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 357th with 0.648
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 607th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 318th in RBI with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 210th in runs scored with 37
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.039, OBP: +0.011, HRs: -11, RBI: -49, Runs: -72, Wlks: -34, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 46th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Spencer Steer
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 133rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.323
  • Top 20 in batting average with 0.313 and is currently ranked 19th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 32nd with 0.381
  • Top 10 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 10th with 0.626
  • Top 10 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 9th with 1.007
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 239th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 138th in RBI with 36
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in runs scored with 27
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.06, OBP: -0.002, HRs: -8, RBI: -28, Runs: -47, Wlks: -37, Stls: -3,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Alex Verdugo

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alex Verdugo
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@TORChris BassittL 3-1
Apr 16@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 17@TORKevin Gausman
Apr 19VS TBTyler Alexander
Apr 20VS TBZach Eflin
Apr 21VS TBAaron Civale
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.154000.2670.15404
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@TBLuis GarciaW 3-7
Apr 16@TBAaron Civale
Apr 17@TBZack Littell
Apr 18@TBRyan Pepiot
Apr 19@CINNick Lodolo
Apr 20@CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 21@CINFrankie Montas
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.412152.4440.58814
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Alex Verdugo
13.31
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Alex Verdugo
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 LAD 15 4 1 1 1 0 2 .174 .240 .304 9
2018 LAD 37 20 1 11 4 0 8 .260 .329 .377 45
2019 LAD 106 101 12 43 44 4 26 .294 .342 .475 260
2020 BOS 53 64 6 36 15 4 18 .320 .380 .490 153
2021 BOS 162 167 14 91 68 7 55 .288 .352 .428 540
2022 BOS 142 160 10 70 71 1 39 .289 .336 .416 482
2023 BOS 144 143 13 81 54 5 44 .263 .322 .421 470
2024 NYY 17 13 2 9 5 0 10 .224 .333 .379 57
ON PACE 162 123 19 85 47 0 95 .224 .333 .379 543
3-YEAR AVG 149 157 12 81 64 4 46 .280 .337 .422 497
Career 676 672 59 342 262 21 202 .283 .340 .432
Career Taylor Ward
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 LAA 40 24 6 14 15 2 9 .178 .245 .333 65
2019 ANA 20 8 1 4 2 0 6 .190 .292 .333 15
2020 LAA 33 26 0 16 5 2 7 .283 .333 .391 55
2021 LAA 66 52 8 33 33 1 20 .250 .329 .438 190
2022 LAA 127 131 21 68 62 5 57 .284 .364 .474 431
2023 LAA 109 90 14 60 47 4 39 .253 .335 .421 333
2024 LAA 16 21 6 13 19 1 2 .313 .333 .612 78
ON PACE 162 212 60 131 192 10 20 .313 .333 .612 789
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 411 352 56 208 183 15 140 .258 .334 .438
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